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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

THE WASTE OF TOBACCO. ~
have been smoker all your life ?"
asked the colporteur.
oh, yes, said The traveller with the
square sample Cases, ever since | was
10 years old
And so you have smoked say--Y
'Abont 40 years, replied The ray
eler.
And your cigars cost you, on The
straight average, not less than 10
cents n day.
why, Of course not, said The trays
eIer, looking surprised. The 90 or
tenr made a rapid calculation on The
the back Of An envelope.
Then, be said, see what tobacco
has cot you. Without computing the
interest, it has cost you nearly 81 800;
enough with its interest to buy a lot
anu DuIlh hDh Ili HlHu N uOiuS WI VII
ten times that sum. See what tobac-
co has cost you.
Yes, | know, said the traveller, ris-
ing to leave the car as the train stop
ped, but see what it has made for me.
! travelled for the tobacco house | IN
with now for 10 years, at $4,000 a
year; then | bought into the concern
/ in a good year; have cleaned up about
100000 since I've been partner and
own house that wouldn't sell for
$4,000, and am making more money
this year than | ever saw in one year
before. Tobacco is a pretty expen
sive luxury though, if you happen to
get on the wrong side Of the market.
So saying, he went up town and
skinned couple Of good customers,
while the coporteur, riding on his
way, looked at the figures on the en-
veiope and ruminated aud ruminated
and ruminated.- Brooklyn Eagte..
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

BOOTS AND SHOES.
Il you want first class Boot or Shoe
FenwfCk q Morgan
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17
Wanted---A Hundred Good Cats.

Old Plunket keeps a fair store
that is as stores went twenty years ago.
but be is awfully behind the times
now he won't advertise and says he
don't believe in THROWN good money
away putin keerds and things in
papers. He says that people all
knows he keeps store, and if they
don't they kin look at his sign and
see. Most of the newspaper solicitors
have long since given him up as a
bad Job, but once in while new man
tackles him.
The other day the solicitor of the
Evansville 'August'-they call it the
August because it is red hot paper
dropped on him.
Can we say anything in our paper
about your stock, Mr.. Plunket?' said
the solicitor, as he allowed a sweet
and engaging smile to illuminate his
face.
No, sir. You cant say nothing
Get out.
why, sir, I'm astonished at such a
reception, especially during the dull
season, when common sense ought to
teach a man that he must hustle for
trade.
Got as much sense as you, sir. |
don't want nothin.' People don t read
no keerds or advertisin'
There's where you are mistaken
said the newspaper man, and then as
he thought of an old joke he had once
read about, he continued: If | put a
squib about you in the poorest part of
my paper and make it FREE and you
see that it actually brings you into
notoriety among your fellow-citizens,
will you give me some reading matter
next week?
Now the expression, 'notoriety
among your fellow-citizens, tickled
Plumket as much az the free part,
and as he thought of getting some adj.
vertising for nothing he subdued his
gee and said.
wall, l don't keer. Go ahead
then, but must be sure that the peo-
pie read it,
Then the solicitor bowed and went
out, and on the next Saturday, away
off in an obscure corner Of an inside
page of the August, appeared the
following:
WANTED-One hundred good cats,
must be large and healthy Deliver
at my house December 81, at 8 p. IN,
and receive one dollar apiece.
G. W. PLUNKET.
Plunket didn't see this for the sim
pie reason that he was looking for
glowing article in the editorial col
umn-and, to tell truth, the news man
didn't want him to see it.-When the
first newsboy came up to get his sup
ply of the August the solicitor asked
him if be knew where there were any
cats, and SAID the reason he asked was
that he knew how he could make
some money if he did. And then he
showed him Plunket's advertisement.
Why, you see, said the news man,
he didn't want too many. He wants
just an even hundred, and mind you
he wants them exactly at nine at
night.
The boy showed the 'ad' to his chum
and he to another, and the boys all
got to talking of what soft thing cats
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

court, the grove ana wherever his
wanderings led him. His constancy
and genius and handsome person
made him very attractive, and sever
al noted danes of rank and wealth
made no secret of their affection for
him, even boldly offering to elevate
him to their own position. His heart,
however, was so filled with the image
Of his eastern houri that the blandish-
ments of his admirers at home proved
no temptation and even their freely
offered wealth failed to allure him,
and he sailed for Tripoli, to be near
his beloved object. The hopelsssness
of his love had so preyed upon his
spirits and enfeebled his health that,
when he reached Syria, he was too i'll
to land. Some Of his friends then
told the princess of his long devotion
and present pitiful condition, and she,
touched to the heart by such unob.
trusive love and humility, went at
once to visit him upon the ship, where
she found him in dying state. And
her heart was won at once by the
sight Of lover whose devotion had
brought him to such plight. The
lady implored poor Rndel to live for
her sake. Such happiness overpow-
cred him 30 entirely that, in deliri-
um Of joy, he sprang from his couch,
and, falling at her feet, died with his
eyes fixed in rapture upon the face he
adored.
The princess mourned for him pro.
foundly, and, to make him the only
requital possible, had him buried
among the Knights Templar, with all
the pomp and pageantry of royal OBJ
sequies and adopting his religion
immured herself in a convent, re.
nouncing the world for the sake of
him who loved her unto death.
Hundreds of other troubadours
ended their careers in ways ~ lamen-
table an the cases cited, and, whether
because love is at best sort of mel.
ancholy madness, as some do say it is,
or from the nature Of their wander
ing life, but few Of these MINISTRIES Of
the heart were what might be called
jolly. Que called the Monk of Mon
taudon was spicy and sarcastic in his
songs but hardly numerous.
There were even ladies who adopt
ed this romantic profession, sometimes
disguised in male attire, which at
that time was fantastic enough to be
more worthy Of a lady 8 adoption than
at present, and some oil the rowing
ladies assumed the grey camlet skirt
and scallop shell of Pilgrim few
of higher rank, who, actuated by rest
lessness or romance, became trouba-
dours, travelled with some state with
horses and attendants. These were
welcome visitors at castles whose in
habitants were even more afflicted
with ennui than the rich and idle Of
this age, where magazines and news
papers bring breath from the out
side world into even the most seclud.
ed homes Good Cheer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

ES-"What de precher talk bout to.
day, brudder Julius?" "Oh, he telled
bout Samson beat dem Phillstines, en-
you know / nose cry to tink der poor
creeters couldn't get no Salvation Oil"
Beware Of new remedies for coughsl
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup has stood the
test for forty years.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17
pitch battle they got him to the lock.

pitch battle they got him to the lock-
up.
The charges are:
Drunkenness,
Disorderly conduct,
Firing in the city limits,
Resisting an officer,
Carrying weapons,
Profane and boisterous language,
Indecent exposure of person,
Assaulting an officer,
Shooting with intent to kill,
Intent to bride an official,
And we do not know else.
And the newspaper man is happy
for he says that after Plunket pays all
his fines and gets well enough to come
to the store no man can convince him
that an advertisement won't be read
no matter where you put it in pa.
per- Evansville Argus.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

Be8.A heroic and noble mans very
first thought when hIs house took fire
recently was tor his mother-in.l law,
whom he saved from burning stair
case by promptly throwing her from a
third.story window.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

no matter where you put it in pa.
per- Evansville Argus.
The CoUNTERsIGN.-He was a
bearded man and his breath was re.
dolent of cloves and gin. Once upon
time he had endeavored to train his
hair into pompadour and partially
succeeded. But only partially, for
one. half stood up like undying Truth
while the rest pointed to all direc'
tions of the marine compass. He wore
winning smile and evidently intend
ed to captivate His Honor with a
glance. But His Honor wasn't to be
captivated and the prisoner soon found
it out. Then he started off on a new
tack. Laying down his hat softly he
slowly elevated his right hand to his
ear and bowed three times solemnly.
Then he laid his left hand on his stom-
ach and his right hand on his head
and began working them circularly.
Ills Honor put on his glasses and
looked down solemnIy at the prisoner.
That individual stepped backward
three PAGES, three more to the left and
back again, describing triangle. In
low voice he whispered
Brother do you recognize the hail
ing sign ?"
His Honor nodded and turned over
a leaf on the docket. The man at the
bar then tapped his forehead three
times, and elevated his arms over his
head saying
"The signal of distress, brother. "
The court merely bowed. at will be
all right, then ?" cheeriIy asked the
prisoner II suppose can go. And
say, brother, cant you advance a
brother fifty cents to relieve his i'm
mediate necessities p His Honor took
off his glasses and asked
"Mr. Bebee, | recognize your sig
nails, etcetera, but | cannot for the life
of me recollect the order; 80 many,
you know.
II am surprised, brother, greatly
surprised" remarked the prisoner.
II never knew candidate who ever
forgot his initiation into the United
Order of Benevolent Sons Of Good
Fellowship Of the Temple of Solomon"
and he gave the hailing sign with em-
bellishments.
"Ab, yes; / had it mixed up with
the Ancient Order of Old Billygoats."
explained His Honor. "Do you re-
cognize the sign, brother ?" and he
dipped his pen in the red ink and
held it up.
at isn't in the ritual, is it ?" asked
the prisoner, az be rubbed his head.
at means, Mr.. Bebee, that the court
has dropped onto your little racket, !"
sternly replied His Honor. Then
picking up blotter, he waved it in a
circle and said Does this sign seem
familiar to you p
Don't recollect it r. meekly re-
sponded the accused.
"WeIl, as | interpret it, it means
that you get three months. Now give
the parting sign to the Most Worthy
Tier and Master Of the Guard at the
door and pass down"
And His Honor waved his pen and
blotter together and John Agamem-
mon Bebee was seized by Deputy Five
and hustled down stairs. There he
told the old soldier that the villain
up stairs would be assaspinated by the
Avenging Angels Of the U. o Of B.
S. of G. F. of the r. of s., Chapter
Nine, Encampment of the Ohio Val
Icy .--Ctnc5nna6 Tmaes Star.
"What de precher talk 'bout TO.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17

'na-Do you know the nature Of an
oath, ma ann inquired the jndgs.
We'll, reckon orser, my husband
drives canal boat.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17
For Tobacco buy our
Victor.

1t has stood the test of 7 years trial, and has
the deserved reputation of making the
Finest quality and as much Tobacco
as any Fertilizer in the market. 1t does not
fire but keeps the Tobacco growing until
ripe and curing nicely. A special Tobacco
and Wheat FertiliZer-good for all crops.
OUR AVERLY, specially for Wheat,
and Wheat and Corn Fertilizer have proven
their value for these and other crops.
Our fertilizers are rich in the best crop
producing elements-in the most perfect
to farmers for good crops, fine clover fields
and permanent improvement Of their lands.
Orders solicited.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-03-17
FERTILIZERS REDUCED IN COST 10 FARMERS
Quality Kept up to full Standard.

WE sell our Fertilizers to responsible buy
ers on crop time at same prices as hereto
FORE but n0W Ditb0ut interest a saving ofsiX
per cent to farmers. A liberal discount for
cash.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
the man Who had made Il an orphan /

the man who had made IL an orphan; I
would not ask a widow who mourns
her husband to 90 and decorate the
grave Of the man who had killed that
husband and tried to destroy the
Union. / would not ask 10 have
brought into this organization any
man that ever fought against the old
flag. either voluntarily or involun-
tarily.
The question involved in the court
martial Of Feldkamp is the more i'm
portant at this time. It is argued, from
the fact that the general army is
about to meet, for the first time in its
existence, in o Southern city. The
question being one more directly con
corning the South, it naturally oc-
ours TO the Southern members that
they have a right to concessions from
the North and East and as there was
q warm discussion on the question OF
holding the encampment at this place,
aud st. Louis won by the votes OF
Southern members, they will feel that
their strength will enable them to
win and at least adopt an amendment
covering the minority report given
above.
Gen. Rodgers took a different posi-
ton on the secret element OF the
Grand Army from that obtained by a
gentleman quoted in yesterdays arti-
Gle. He refused to give any Of the
points Of the Feldkamp case, as II
had been treated by the post, saying
the Grand Army was as secret an
organization as any Of the secret so.
cioties OF the day, and the members
were not at liberty to divulge any o.
the dOings Of The post.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
CHEAP PRODUCTION.
Tbe Relations OF nsohfsery 10 Great
Corporations.

Corporations.
David A. Wells In Popular Science Monthly.
Machinery is now recognized as es-
septial TO cheap production. Nobody
can produce effectively and eco
nomically without it, and what was
formerly known as domestic manu-
facture is now almost obsolete. But
machinery is one Of the most ex-
pensive Of all products, and its ex-
tensive purchase and use require an
amount of capital far beyond the
capacity Of the ordinary individual
to furnish. There are very few men
in the world possessed of an amount
Of wealth sufficient to individually
construct and own an extensive line
OF railway or telegraph, first class
steamship, or a great factory. 1t is
also to be remembered that for carry
ing on production by the most mod
ern and effective methods large
capital is needed, not only for ma.
chinery. but also for the purchasing
and carrying OF extensive stocks o.
crude material and finished products.
Sugar can now be, aud generally is,
refined at a profit Of an eighth of a
cent a pound, and sometimes as low
as a sixteenth; or, in other words,
from eight to sixteen pounds OF
raw sugar must now be treated 10 re-
6ning in order TO make l cent; from
800 to 1900 pounds TO make 81, from
$4,000 to 10000 pounds to maxi
500, and so on. The mere capital
requisite for providing and carrying
the raw material necessary for the
successful prosecution OF this bust
ness, apart from oil other conditions,
places it, therefore, OF necessity be-
yond the reach Of any ordinary CAPT.
talist or producer. Ii has before
been stated that, in the manufacture
| of jewelry by machinery, one boy can
make up 1000 sleeve buttons per day;
four girls, also, working by modern
methods, can put together in the
same time 5000 collar buttons. But
TO run an establishment with such
facilities the manufacturer must
keep constantly in stock $30,00t
worth OF cut ornamental stones, and
a stock Of cuff buttons that repre-
sents 5000 different DESIGNS ant
| patterns. Hence from such condi
tons have grown up great corpora
tions or stock companies, which ar,
only forms OF associated capital or
ganized for effective use and protec
ton. They are regarded TO som,
extent as evils; but they are neces
sary, as there is apparently no Other
way in which the work OF produc
tion and distribution. in accordanc,
with the requirements OF the age
can be prosecuted. The rapidity
however, with which such combina
tions OF capital are organizing fol
the purpose Of promoting industrial
aud commercial undertakings on
scale heretofore wholly unpfecedent
ed, aud tho tendency they have :,
crystalize into something far NOR
complex than what has been familia
10 tho pubic as corporations. will
the impressive names OF syndicates
trusts, etc, also constitute one o
the remarkable features OF moderl
business methods.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
AMONG HE TESTERS.

An amateur Roman translates in
statu quo ante as "let your ante re-
main, or more literally. make il a
Observation-Disclosures Critic.
The TACT that NebuchadneIIar had
10 eat grass leads US to believe that
he must have been a member OF an
early anti poverty society.-Puck.
The man who left home to spend
the summer with his family has just
returned. The summer is not yet
spent, but his money is.-Lowell Cit
iLcn.
Waitcr-Yos, sab. Yves cookin'
our eggs on the rut today, sab. VIII
you hay yours wild tin flavor, or Jest
plain shingles2- Burlington Free
Press.
Although tobacco has gone up, 4
FIVE. cent cigar is still sold for 4
nickel. The relation between tobac-
co aud 6ve.cent cigar is not close
enough 10 hurt Observation-Disclosures
Call.
"In case Of an accident, doctor-a
broken leg for instanee-what is best
TO be done while .waiting for a
physiciau2" wei" said the doctor,
III think the best thing TO be done Il
10 get his money ready for him. -
Puck.
Impecupious poet--Not familiar
with my name? Why, il has been
for years associated with the most
popular poetry OF the day. Cashier
That may be, sir; but We don't dis.
count poetry at this bank.-Bostor
Budget.
Can You spare q triilc for q pool
blind mani" why, hang il, you lool
as II you could see first rate "0h,
certainly, | am only begging In plac,
Of my blind friend, who has no time
for Il himself, as his daughter ~
getting married today"
Some philosopher has said, "SenC
me the dresses woman has worr
and | will write her autobiography.
This would be very cheap and lingo
NOUS way for man with larg'
family 10 accumulate q wardrobe
Burlington Free Press.
Inan adyertiscmentssby a fsilroa,
company OF some uncallcd for goods
the letter 81" had dropped from III,
word lawful, aud Il read "Peopl
| TO whom these packages are directed
are requested TO como forward an,
pay the awful charges on the same.
"Ilow mauy gallons Of beer do yo'
supply 10 your customers per week
landlord az" About eighty gallons
SIR" ~ could suggest a method o
increasing tho quantity by at loss
twenty gallons-6ll tho glasses Q
your guests TO the brim. "-Fliegend
Batter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
COWsERCIAL "PERIODs -
what Csuses Them. and tb~ Fec
monte pFipeipies IayeIyed,

David A. Wells In Popular Science Monthly.
As prices fall and profits shrink,
producers working on insufficient
capital, or by imperfect methods. are
soon Obliged, in order 10 meet i'm
pending obligations, TO force sales
thronoh . further reduction oi prices,
and then stronger competitors, in
order 10 retain their markets and
customers. are compelled 10 follow
their example; aud this in turn is
followed by new concessions alter.
natcly by both parties, until gradually
the industrial system becomes dc.
pressed and demoralized. and the
weaker succumb (fail. with a greater
or less destruction Of capital and
waste OF product. Affairs now having
reached their minimum OF depres.
sion, recovery slowly commences.
Consumption is never arrested, even
II production is, for the world must
continue 10 consume in order that
life and civilization may ex II. The
continued increase OF popula.
ton also increases the aggre.
cate Of cinsumption, and finally
| iac industrial aud CONNER.
cial world agait suddenly real.
iEcs that the condition Of affairs has
been reversed, aud that now tho sup.
ply has become unequal 10 the do.
mand. Thsp suoh producers as have
stocks on hand or the machinery
Of production ready for immediate
aud effective service. realize larg,
profits; and tho realization Of THU
fact Immediately tcmpis others e
rush into production, in many case
with insufficient capital raised otter
through stosk companics). and with
out that practical knowledge II IN,
detail OF their undertaking which u
necessary 20 insure success, and I'll,
old experience OF imitation and reac
ton Is again and again repeated
Hence. tho explanation Of the mucl
talked Of periods or cycles" o
panic aud speculation. Of trade. &C
tiyity aud staguation. Their period
ical occurrence has long been reoog
niEed and the economic principle
involved in them have long been un
dcrstood. Buta century AGO or more
when such q state Of affairs occurrc,
In any country, Il was mainl
confined 10 such country. a
was notably the case in job
Laws Mississippi scheme" or N
English South Sea Bubble" in N
last century. or The severe industria
! and Gnancial crisis which occurred I
. Great Britain In the earlier years q
| the present ccntury-and people q
, other countries. hearing OF Il ate
, considerable intervals, and the
vaguely through mercantile corr,
spondcnco, were little troubled q
interested. During recent years, how
. ever, they have become less locS
and more universal, because the rail
/ read, the steamship aud the tel,
graph have broken down the barrier
between nations. aud, by sprcadiu
. in brioi time the same hopes an
fears over the whole civilized worl,
4 have made Il impossible any longer
con6ne the speculative spirit to an
one country.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28

soon forget q service which saved
hundreds Of lives. 1t was away back
in go that nearly thousand miners
went into Bakers Park in search OF
gold: They didn't fnd any to speak
Of, but they would actually have
starved to death had it not been for
the kind Offices OF those same Utes
that some OF the teuderfeet are ours
ing now. They divided their grub
with the starving miners and in
many cases gave up their horses for
the sick men to ride out. They
have always been the friend OF the
white man."
But two of them are charged
with horse stealing" suggested the
reporter.
What if they are? Hundreds Of
horses have been stolen from the
Utes, but nobody ever heard Of q
single soul being indicted for it.
When the matter is sifted down it
will be found that the ponies only
reached their rightiul owner when
the Utes got them again. Then do
you suppose the two Indians that
the sheriff wants are with Colorow
now2 OF course not. They left for
the reservation tho moment they
found that Sheriff Kendall was after
them. The idea Of making so much
fues about couple Of old spawned
ponies makes me tired, aud it is q
disgrace to the State. II
will be the means Of driv'
ing hundreds Of thousands o.
capital away from our borders
Eastern men do not understand tn,
situation, aud it is perfect folly to tr!
to teach them. They imagine nov
that every ranch and stockman's lii,
isin danger, and it will take years I,
beat it ous OF their heads"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
The Cause OF the u,e Troubles.

Maj. Dowooy, Que Of the old pic.
peers Of Colorado, was greatly dis.
gustcd last nieht when seen By rS-
porter.
This talk about an Indian war, -
said the Maior, will cost Colorado
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars.
Not only Il IL expensive 10 send out
the militia, but IL Is utter nonsense
a. we'll. am confident that old
Colorow has not moro than thirty
men with him, nd VIC have il from
good authority that he does not want
10 hght.
For one, | feel friendly to the
Utes. I'm not Que OF the kind 10
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
ESTABLISHED 1910.
The Oldest Democratic Paper
in the State.

Fearless in it's championship of the inter.
ests of the Southern people, jealous in its aid
to all enterprises looking to the development
of the New South, and answering in it's
fidelity to Democratic principles.